Analysis Of The Locket

The locket was an extremely interesting story yet I found it to be somewhat predictable during the time that it was written. The men were usually sent away to war while the woman stayed back to take care of their families. It was expected that several man would not return home due to the causalities of war, yet Octave remained hopeful.

Octave was a plain woman that with simple means. Octave enjoyed life, fell in love with Edmond and later married him. When Octave loved she loved hard and she loved her husband. Edmond. After their marriage, Edmond, just as many of the other men of the town, was sent to the Civil War. Although, Octave worried once Edmond was gone, she remained hopeful that he would have a safe return. Octave wanted nothing more than for Edmond to remember her and her love while he was fighting in the war. Octave decided to give Edmond her most precious possession. She gave him a locket that held a …show more content…
Judge Miller told Octave to remove her black veil and never put it back on again. The veil in this story and many stories means that a loved one has died. When Judge Miller told Octave to remove her black veil and never put it back on again, it was obvious that there may have been a death but it was probably not Edmond.

Once Judge Miller and Octave entered the house Edmond was waiting with open arms and gave Octave a very big hug. Edmond was as she had hoped still alive and the scene where Judge Miller told her to take off the veil gave it away before Octave entered the house.

The locket was predictable because several other stories of war and love have the same happy ending. The reader is led to believe that the soldier will die and it is later discovered that they are still alive. Although, there or many different story lines the stories usually end the same way. With a long lost love one that you thought was dead returning to his loved